![Earlier this week, @marz1pan agreed to eat lunch at our local Irish pub to celebrate me finally finishing my draft of my Irish paranormal romance.
The proprietor, who sees me regularly, asked if I was knitting for a new addition. I said “No, these socks are for me!?!” and I held it up for him to see.
He smiled and walked away.
After he left, I asked Megan “Did he just ask if I was pregnant?”
She said “Yes. You didn’t misunderstand.”
And then I sat for a second. Someone asked if I was pregnant the week before Mother’s Day and I didn’t feel overrun by grief.
My gaping wound is healing and becoming a scar I can touch without it gutting me.
Two things have contributed to this:
- therapy
- doing the work of writing a heroine who finds joy after life lifes all over her.
While I hunt for and find joy on a regular basis, the act of working through this fictional plot has been healing. I’m so grateful for my writing journey.
I’m especially grateful to those who joined my Inner Circle Email List and read my romance shorts. Your support kept me trying when I got stuck. Thank you, Crew! I love you!!!
[ID: Frida Kahlo project bag folded down to show off the bees inside, rainbow shortie sock, salad, BLT sandwich against the background of a corner of my local Irish pub.
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Today felt like a good day for a New Year’s Resolutions Checkup…
1. Knit one pair of socks two at a time.
– A friend of mine is doing this and it seems like kind of a tangled mess, so I’ve decided that I’m not that interested in this just now.
2. Knit with 5 yarns I’ve not tried before.
– Easiest Resolution ever!
Blue Ridge Yarns Jubilee – Dragon’s Breath
Spud & Chloë Fine – Cricket
Schaefer Yarn Company Heather – Apple Green
Dizzylettuce Claire de Lune – Lichen
The Plucky Knitter Primo Fingering – Elegant Elephant
3. Learn to cook 10 new healthy dishes.
– So far, I think I’ve only added one new dish and it is a pre-made salad from HeB that The Husband likes. Guess I better get to work on this one!
4. Increase my machine sewing comfort level (from you know, almost none).
– no progress yet.
5. Work on hand quilting. My current skill leaves something to be desired.
– 1/3 of a blanket hand-quilted. slow and steady. (very slow)
6. Do NOT buy any more items for wrapping gifts. My gift-wrapping supply inventory is starting to make my yarn stash seem sane.
– Other than one bag purchased on the way to a shower, I think I’ve stuck to this.
7. Continue to enjoy driving my all electric Nissan Leaf. Spend all the oil change and gasoline money saved on more yarn!
– Have logged 36k + miles on my Leaf so far and I bought plenty of yarn this year. done.
8. Pay more attention to the garden. More tomatoes. Less basil.
– Paid the same attention to my garden. Had more okra. no tomatoes. Did have less basil. The garden is covered for the freeze tonight. good enough.
9. Read a few classics (3+) via audio books from the library.
– I don’t know if they’re classics, but I’ve read a ton of books this year, so I’m calling this done.
10. Blog at least 6 times per month.
– I’m willing to call September close enough and October a mulligan. Getting back on track in November.
11. Optional: Hunt down and buy a hank of Schaefer Yarn (leaning Heather) since there will be no more.
– done.
12. Optional: Knit a cranberry and popcorn garland for the tree next year. (might just end up making a real one if I run out of time. ahem. you know, like, if I spend the whole year knitting socks.)
– I have not yet decided which way the wind will blow on this.
Ps. Happy Birthday, little E!
Katherine the Great
I like to think of myself as a storyteller. Mostly I tell stories about knitting.
I like to think of myself as a storyteller. Mostly I tell stories about knitting.
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I’ve found that two at a time toe up are super easy if you use two balls of yarn. Once you get a little past the toe you can slip the ball into the sock and then the yarn never tangles.
Wow. I’m very impressed. That’s a lot of resolutions, and you’re doing really, really well.
From the friend with the two at a time socks…..it is slightly fiddly….but holy cow, it is AWESOME to have two socks completed when you finish. You should not let yourself off the hook on this one, but should try it at least once. However, I would NOT recommend trying it with the current project. :-)